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The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-07-20
CHAPTER XII.
LITTLE AMOS AT THE PooR-HOUsE.

LITTLE AMOS AT THE POOR-HntSH.
Little Amos witnessed the departure
of his sister in silence. Mrs. Arnold.
with her face convuiscd with strange
emotions, came into the kitchen, but
she dare not speak. The silent grief
dropping in great tears from those blue
eyes was enough to awe her. The child
began to sob timidly. He was afraid
to make any cutlery.
Mrs. Arnold and her daughter were
now busying themselves with preparing
dinner and grumbling that Maggie had
gone away. The child sat by the win
dow in his chair. unnOticed. His
face was flushed and pale by turns.
His breathing was short and quick, and
it was evident that the soaking rain of
the day before had brought on a cold.
which might prove dangerous. But
no one noticed him. The dinner was
prepared almost in silence, with an
occasional spell of grumbling on the
part of Mrs. Arnold. When the meal
was ready the family gathered about
the table, giving no thought to little
Amos. Poor child-he had no appc-
tite for dinner. and could have eaten
but little had it been offered To him.
When dinner was over, the dogs had
been fed and few nice tid-bits given
to the cat, and crumbs gathered up for
the pig, Mrs. Arnold thought it would
be well To see il THAT child wanted
any thing. She found him gazing alb
stractcdly from the window, and his
little face wonderfully white just now.
don't you want nothin' to eat''
asked Mrs. Arnold. standing by the
boy, her head high in the air,
III you please ma'am." said the
child. IN low frightened tone.
She then wheeled his chair about to
a kitchen table, aud placed plate be-.
fore him. on which were some pota,ocs,
bread. aud cold boiled meat. The little
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-07-20


For cleaning milh cans, pans,
wooden utensils, ETC., steam Is consid-
cred excellent
-Nut-besring trees may be success
fully moved by cutting the tap root the
year before transplanting.
Potato bugs will eat egg plants II
the potato vines are not plentiful.
They also sometimes eat tomato plants.
AS sunflower seed Is very liable 70
heat, the safest way Of keeping it for
fowls is to cut of the flower head wheh
the seed is ripe, and pile it loosely till
thrown to the fowls
Go around and destroy the worm
nests in the fruit trees. 1t doesn't re-
quire any scientific knowledge to know
that the worms are extremely injuii,
Gus to trees and fruit
Eggs placed in tepid water require
four minutes cooking; in boiling water
three minutes. If put in cold water
they are done when the water begins
to bubble. Fresh eggs require longer
cooking.
The use Of leached and unleacbcd
ashes in apple orchards is highly COM
mended by those who have tried or
had opportunities of observing the ex-
pertinent They are considered an IN.
valuable orchard fertilizer Christtan
at Work
There is no better disinfectant fof the
hennery than copperas water. Make it
rather strong, and with small broom
sprinkle it through the building and
over the perches. 1t purifies the air,
aids in preventing disease and absorbs
all bad smells.
"A man may walk mile in twenty
five minutes and return refreshed and
benefited for the exercise. Let him
run mile and il may harm him in
many ways. 1t is the same with a
horse. 1t is fast driving that kills.
New England Farmer.
Sponge Pudding. Here is q nice
recipe for a pudding if any one has
plenty of cream. Make nice sponge
cake, turn it into dripping-pan, then
take good apples that have been pared
and quartcred and stick them into
your cake rs thick rs you can. Serve
hot with cream and sugar.--House-
hold.
To prevent chickens treading upon
their food or crowding upon each other
when feeding, the food might be put
in n small box with barred sides like q
plate rack. Tho bars may be placed
so close together that the hen or large
chickens can not get their heads
through TO rob little chicks OF their
food. Boxes with the bars wider apart
can be used for larger fowl.
Sponge jelly Roll.-Four eggs, one
cup and half sugar. one tablespoon
baking powder, beat the whites separ-
ately, and the sugar and the yelks
together till very light; then add part
of the whites, then II cup OF flour,
then beat good, then little more
flour, then the rest OF the whites and
stir easy, put it in and bake. Spread
and roll AS quick rs you can.-Bos-
tOn Budget.
If an apple tree has sound trunk
and roots. it is pity. says the Ameri-
ron Cnitirator, to destroy it under
most circumstances. 1t takes many
years II get young tree into bearing.
and when it does bear it will not fur
nish nearly so much fruit as one fully
grown. BY grating with the North
ern Spy and literally manuring, an old
apple tree may be made much, more
certainly productive than young trees
of this variety, which are usually shy
and tardy bearers.
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CHAPTER Sl-COSTISUED.
'But. judge" said the sheriff, re-
spectfully, for he seemed aware of the
fact that his recollection depended, in a
great measure, upon the efforts of the
man before him. .'what am to do with
the child? | can'tput it in prison"
''Srnd it To the poor-hOusc.
"Humph!I cant do that without an
order from the court said the sheriff,
with frOwn.
IL could"
"Wcl. can not" said the puzzled
sheriff Tho court will have to de-
clare it pauper first
We'll, then leave the child here with
me: can take it there, and Bill Jones
will keep it for me until the court sets.
He owes his position rs proprietor of
the pOor-hOuSc to me-
"Ics,you can probably manage it that
way. The child is sick"
EYES, but not dangerous.
81 kind o'hate to part them"
go poh they'll forget each other in
less than three days They are more
brute than human. with no feeling save
that of hunger, cold or heat, just as any
other animal
Was James Arnold speaking his real
opinion? Certainly not. though there
are many others of his like who advance
the same argument. Oh, if it should
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He went up 10 the girl, who, know
ing what was coming. had been school,
ing herself to recover her self-possos-
sion, and said:
Come, Miss Helen. get ready; ]
must take you to Newton"
Can my little brother gp?" she
asked, plcadingly. "Hc is so small, so
infrm, and so fond of me that he can
hardly live without my care"
"Oh, he will be treated with the most
tender care, assure you," said the
sheriff. ii can not take him to-day, but
hope YOU may soon return"
'Will you answer me a question or
two?" asked Helen, now almost calm
again.
Yes"
"What will be done with mc?"
al will take YOU to Newton"
"What thcn?'
"You will he taken before the magis-
trate, Squire Buffers"
"Wcll, what thenP know little of
law and its processes.
"Wcll, you will be arraigned and your
case set for trial. lfyou can give bond
you can return here or go wherever
you please: but if YOU fail'-thcn the
sheriff failed. he found it almost i'm
possible to inform that poor, proud
spirited girl of the result of n failure.
But she was determined to know the
worst.
What if fail?" she asked.
committed, was the answer.
ado YOU mean sent to jail?"
The sheriff nodded.
The prospect of entering Jail for
one moment is horrible. To forever
blight the fair name of which she was
so proud; that name which neither her
parents or any of her ancestors had al
lowed blot upon. and now to blackcn
it as IA criminal We can scarcely I'M
dcrstand the feelings of Helen ut that
moment. She imagined herself in
after years, even if She was proved in
nocent, blackcncd, blightcd creature
Stunned by all and pointed to rs Il
| thief
Notwithstanding all this. Helen was
glOriously conscious of her own inno-
ccnce. She had done no wrong, and
the certainty of bad consequences to
her little brother, should their parting
fulnesS she was far from feeling. She
donncd her hat and put light shawl
about her shoulders. then, kissing her
little crippled brother, said:
Little Amos must be- good boy
until sister comes back. | am going to
Newton and hope To come back soon.
Do not be afraid, little darling, God
will watch over and care for You while
am gone"
The little fellow was silent. but large
tears rolled down his pale checks.
Helen had reached the kitchen door,
when sudden impulse seized her; she
ran back to the child and claspcd him
in hc,' arms for the last time. But she
did not weep, those great silent tears
of the child told how he was affected,
and she dared not let him know her
own feelings.
That's all for effect said Arnold,
haughtily, as she passed ont at the door
with the sheriff ut her side.
The farmer sent his hirt~l man,
John, with the rockaway to take them
to the village of Newton. Helen bore
up until they were on the road. and
then, wringing her hands, she cried:
"Oh, farewell, farewell, my poor
unfortunate little brother. l know !
will never see you again"
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ITO BE Continued

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hello. Oscar, thought heard you talk
ny 10 some one rs came imp" Oscar
$50 I was talking. Just saying good
morning 10 these fish-balls; had the
same ones every morning for = week"
--FAiIasieipissa PFess.
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CHAPTER XL-CONTISUED.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
The Latest Art Pastime.


One of the most interesting of the So
called "pastimes," which have of late been
introduced into thehome circle under the
name of art is that of modelling in wax.
1t is not only interesting and amusing;
it is instructive. A pound of wax will keep
a large family quiet and busy for whole
evening, and aside from the often curious
results of the two or three hours work,
there has been gained an idea of anatomy
which the workers were quite unaware Of.
1t is easier to modeha head, such as it is,
In wax, than to make drawing; the ligh
and shade is made with every pressure,
and there is nothing fat, so that it is a
more prolific medium than charcoal and
paper. At first the amateur produces a
rather archaic object, but during the
evening, after he has had a little facility
added to his hand, he will discover that
he has been more of an observer than he
was conscious of. He will also glance up
from his work and look at some member
Of the family to locate the ear, or eye, or
chin, and SO by degrees he constructs a
really good head and in weeks time is
able to obtain likeness of some member
of the family. So, little by little, the arts
are creeping into the shop and home. 1t
is by this medium, we snail be able to add
more interest to the higher and more
complete arts and the observer who has
able to pass Judgment on a piece of
sculpI lure than he was before his spas
time" trials at modelling.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
How Bismarck Paid a Fine.

During his recent stay at Merienbad
Prince Bismarck was in the habit of TAX
ing long walks unattended, and one day,
finding himself somewhat far from the
town, took the shortest cut back. His
way led him across some fields, and the
Prince marched vigorously forward. for
getful of the fact that he was trespassing.
Suddenly he was hailed in loud, stentori-
an tones, and on looking back saw a
stout countrywoman pursu1ng him. The
indignant prOprietress of the fields &C
cused him to his face of his offense, ara
declared that she would follow him and
give him in charge. She proved as good
as her word, and tramped after the Chan
cellor until the high road was reached and
police officer came in view. The worthy
woman formally made her complaint, and
the police officer was about to arrest the
offender. Struck by the resemblance of
the trespasser to certain high function
airy, the police Officer cautiously demanded
his name. On hearing the name the po-
Hceman was simply paraiyzed with fear,
and the countrywoman, gathering up her
skirts, fed precipitately. Naturally, the
police officer was reluctant to take the
charge, but Prince Bismarck insisted up
on going to the station. When there ha
charged himself with the offense of tres
pass, and paid the customary fine. In
addition to this the Prince sent a present
by way of consolation to the woman
whose land he had invaded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
The Hartshorn Bottle.

The puritan foremothers went to meet
ing every Sabbath carrying sprigs of
fennel and caraway to rouse them from
their tendency to sleep1ness when the
prosy old doctrinaire in the pulpit began
on his teenthless." In latter times of
less simplicity their fair defendants, bor
rowing the fashion from the daughters of
the more phlegmatic Knickerbockeres,
took small bottles of sal volatile to their
sanctuaries for the same purpose and,
while the parson droned through his
customary assault upon the sins of the
Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites, they
kept themselves from ''nidnid nodding"
by freq uent whiffs of hartshorn. And so
it has come to pass that every lady who
whistles to escape the charge of being a
victim of lethargy in religious assembly
makes sure before she leaves her home,
that she has on her person her little bottle
of keep awake" Fair women now call
them viniagrettss or by other fanciful
names, but the waking power within
their crystals is that same old-fashioned
salt that the grandmoIhers used.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Winter in Silesia.

Winter has set in with unusual severity
all along the northern slopes of the Ries-
engebirge says The Breslauer Zeitung.
The transition from summer weather to
ha1sh winter was most sudden. Within
twenty four hours the thermometer fell
to some degrees below zero Centlgrade.
According to usual arrangements the
telegraph service would bs closed on
Sept. 80 in the higher parts of the range,
but the elements anticipate by several
days the official period. In single night
the snowfall put an end to telegraphic
communication. Ice-wreaths some inches
deep hung from the poles and even wires.
Great destruction of apparatus was the
result: wires were broken down, inocula-
tors broken, and even poles injured. A
fierce northwestern wind also blew for
some hours assisting the work of destruc-
ton by overturning telegraph poles. At
one of the mountain telegraph huts the
operator and his family were showed up
TOR several hours and had to be dug out.
1t is many years since there has been
such severe and early beginning of
winter In this district.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

rather be with Charlie than with mamma
all my life. And then the fine clothes
what good are they after one has grown
old and uglys And as TO travelling about
aud seeing thing would rather
stay at home than have to go about alone
or with-a Miss Price. I wish -
[ wish I could choose Charlie and the
100000, too. don't suppose that any
body with more money than Charlie
would ask me to marry him. It wouldn't
do to run the risk of waiting. No. 1t is
my fate to be Mrs. Etheridge; and-Well,
it's better fate than to be Miss Price"
The next morning Paula went down to
breakfast with demure countenance.
She and her mother were alone. Miss
Price was breakfastlng in bed, and Mrs.
Mount was bearing her company. Mrs.
Grenoble looked at her daughter in
quisitively, but Paula subsidized languidly
into chair and asked for cup o. coffee.
Then she took up the paper and became
apparently immersed in the political
crisis.
At last Mrs. Grenoble's patience gave
way.
sHave you written those letters, Paulaf"
s'What letters?"
s.You know as we'll as do. The letters
to Mr.. Etheridge and the lawyer"
eyes. 1 have written them"
"And your decision is what was to be
expecteds"
precisely"
"You have written to- Mr.. Etheridge,
breaking off your engagement"
81 have written to Mr.. Etheridge, tell
ing him 1 would marry him when he
pleasss," returned Paula, calmly.
ssWhat! WHAT" burst forth Mrs. Gre
noble in fury.
"Well, that was what was to be expect
ed, wasn't it! We have been engaged
two years, and wedding is generally ex-
pected after that length of time, and
Charlie wants me to fix the day, and SO
I've fixed it, and there's an end of the
mattero
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
New Shoes.

When a woman has new pair of shoes
sent home she performs altogether diff
erently from man. She never shoves
her toes into them and yanks and hauls
until she is red in the face and all out of
breath, and then goes stamping and kick
ing around, but pulls them on part way
carefully, witches them off again to take
a last look, and sees if she has got the
right one, pulls them on again, looks at
them dreamily, says they are just right,
then takes another look, stops suddenly
to smooth out wrinkle, twists round
and surveys them sideways, exclaims,
"Mercy, how loose they are," looks at them
again square in front, works her foot
around SO they won't hurt her quite so
much, takes them off, looks at the heel,
the toe, the bottom, and the inside, puts
them on again, walks up and down the
room once or twice, remarks to her bet
ter half that she won't have them at any
price, tits down the mirror SO that she
can see how they look, turns it in every
possible direction, and nearly dislocates
her neck trying to see how they look
from that way, backs off, steps up again,
takes thirty or forty farewell looks, says
they make her feet look awful big, and
never will do in the world, puts them of
and on two or three times more, asks her
husband what he thinks about it and then
pays no attention to what he says, and
finally says she will take them. It's
very simple matter, indeed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Beatrice and Her Mother.

There is no foundation whatever, saws
The London World, for report which
has appeared in several papers that a
separate establishment is to be provided
for Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry
of Battenberry early next year. They
will continue to reside with her majesty,
and there has never been any idea of her
leaving TIE court. The queen can not
bear to be separated from Princess Beat
rice, and would not even allow her to
pass month at Buckingham palace last
season. The princess thoroughly under
stands all the queens whims and wishes,
and she is now well versed il all the per-
picking court technicalities of which her
majesty is so tenacious. Princess Beat
rice has far more influence than any of
her brothers or sisters, except the prince
of Wales, when ne deems it necessary to
exert himself, and she is allowed to have
very much her own way in all domestic
matters. The story that Princess Alex
of Hesse was to replace her aunt as com
panion to the queen was nonsensical.
She is only Is, and is quite stranger to
the English court and to English society
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
COMMERCIAL PROVERBS.

M en- who have company must have
money.
Some men carry too much sail, some
too little.
Great men when analysed usually prove
to be very small men.
Men trade on borrowed reputation as
they trade on borrowed capital.
Good intentions will not help man
on his way if he takes the wrong road.
The history of trade shows that fail
Money moves the crops that make the
great West the granary of the world.
One man is over-nice and becomes
fussy; another is careless and loses his
trade.
The same great lesson of failure IS
taught in the professions that is taught
in trade.
One man ruins his business because he
is sloven; another ruins it because he is
fop.
Men neither win norslose in the same
way. One fails and is smart, another
wins and is dull.
Talent and temper often 90 together
1t is rare to find sharp, bright man that
is courteous man.
The merchants of old Tyre were "prin-
ces and her tr.fickers were the honor
able Of the earth.'
Integrity, honesty and piety do not
save man from disasters if he fails to
observe the law of success.
The law of success is as certain as the
law of the tides. All must obey these
laws if they would prosper.
A diamond with flaw is better than
pebble without. But the flaw adds moth
Ing to the value of the diamond.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
ASH ;ySI 81
M.lS.xW. RY
!

The Milwaukee, Lake Shore u Western
Railway has been we'll named the Fishing
and Hunting Line of Wisconsin, passing,
as it does, through thousands of acres of
but partially explored woods and within
easy reaching distance of lakes and
streams that have never been fshed by
white men, all we'll stocked with the game
fish for which Northern Wisconsin waters
deer, bear, wolf, mink, beaver, pheasant,
and other game are quite plentiful.
THE ONLY LINE
From Milwaukee to the new Iron Mining
District in Wisconsin and Michigan that
reaches ALL of the developed Mining
towns; GOGEBIC, WAKEFIELD, BES-
SEMER, IRONWOOD AND HURLEY.
Direct line to ASHLAND and DULUTH
Sleeping cars between ASHLAND and
CHICAGO.
The GUIDE Book, and other descriptive
matter, containing full information, maps
and engravings of the country traversed
by the line, will be sent to any address on
application to the General Passenger
Agent.
CHAs. L. kYDER, Gen. Agent, 105 Wash
ington St., Chicago.
City ticket office, SO Clark St., Chicago.
Chicago Depot, Cor. Wells and Kinzie
Sts., &c. d N. w. R'y.)
City ticket Office, 1O2 Wisconsin ST.,
Milwaukee.
H. F. WHITCOMB, CHAs Y. McKINLAY,
GENT Manager. Genl Pass. Agent.
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